Bryan Decoration Day, Governor's Mansion, Jackson, Mississippi

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Description

This picture postcard features the Mississippi Governor's Mansion in Jackson, Mississippi. The mansion is decorated with a large United States flag draped across the rotunda porch. The mansion, itself, is a two story white building with a rounded or rotunda style front entrance with white columns. A black iron fence on top of a brick retaining wall runs in front of the mansion and trees are to the front and sides of the mansion and fence. A description is handwritten along the top of the card that describes the scene as "Decorated for Bryan Day" and M. A. S. is handwritten on the molding along the roof of the porch rotunda. Publisher information is in ink near the bottom left of the image.

Publication Date

10-23-1906

Publisher

Eyrich and Company

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Picture postcards; Governors' mansions; Jackson, MS

Geographic Location

Jackson, MS

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_Decorated-in-Bryan-Day_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Manuscripts Division, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 1: Jackson Subcollection

Repository

Manuscripts

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.MSState.edu.

Recommended Citation

Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University